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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-08-26

Or. J. S. COMBS, Owensville, Ohio, says: Il
have given SCOTS Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil
with Hypophosphtes to four patients with better
results than seemed possible with any remedy.
All were hereditary cases of Lung disease, aud
advanced to that stage when Coughs, pain in the
chest, frequent breathing, frequent pulse, fever
and Emacation. All these cases have increas
ed in weight from 16 to 20 lbs, and are not now
needing any medicine"
\ Sedala CNio) man, recently converted by the
salvation army, entered a hardware store and
asked the proprietor if he remembered what
axes were selling for in 1872 about 81, guess,
was the reply. well, said the salvatoniSt, u
AK which was displayed in front of your
store -
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-08-26
FARM, HOME AND GARDEN.
SUMNER MOONLIGHT.
Paul HAMILTON

love midsumu er sunsets, rolled
Down toe rich west IN the waves Of gold
With blazing crests of blllowy fire:
But when those crimsos floods retire
In noiseleSs esb, low surging grand,
BY peDsive tEiligLt's pickering strand,
In geHtler mood 1 love to mark
The slow gradations Of the dark;
Till 10. from Orient's mist withdrawn,
Hail! TO the moons Respondent dawn;
On dusky vale and haunted plain
Her srf1ueuce falls like pa my rain;
Gaunt cuffs of shadow own her might;
She battles the rescued world in light,
So that, albeit my summers day
Erswhile did breathe It's life away,
NethiDks, wbate'er its hours had won
OF beauty born from shade and sun,
Hath not perchance so wholly died.
But Ger the moonlight silyery TIDE
Comes hack Sublimcd ana purified.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-08-26
The Wherefore of II.
Boston TRANSCRIPT.

Who is that driving SO furicusly
through the streets!"
That? Oh, that is one of our assist
amt fire engineers. He is very efficient
officer. He is always first at fire. OF
course he generally runs over child or
tao, and once or twice 1 believe he has
killed q dog: but be never permits such
triaes to stop him for moment. He's
splendid officer
But what does he do when he gets to
the fres"
do! Why what would you have him
dos He Just rests, and when the engines
come along he's nice and fresh and all
ready to go to work"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-08-26
Want TO see the.Prcsident foo.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 22.-First assistant
postmaster Gen. Stevenson called at the
white house to day and presented to the
president an invitation from representa-
tive n. L. Worthing ton of Peoria, H., or
behalf of the citizens of Peoria, to vi sit
that city while on his western tour
The president expressed desire to meet
the people of Peoria and would accept
the invitation if he found it possible tc
do
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-08-26
Saving the Locks
PHILADELPHIA NeWs.

A 16-year-old lad has been keeping
house by himself all summer. He is as
brave as they make them. His only fault
is that he reads detective books. Last
night his father came home after long
absence. The windows and front door of
his house were wide open. He trod in
side, imagining all sorts of hor rid things
Entering the library, he saw his son read
ing away for dear life under g hot argand
burner.
why did you not lock up:" cried pa
pa.
Detective books say that burglars can
open any house that they desire.
thought might as well leave the house
oOen TO save the locks"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-08-26
The Ladies' Eavorite.


The newest fashion in ladies' hats will doubt.
les cause a futter Of pleasurable excitement
among the fair sex. Ladies are always SGScept-
ibls - the changes Of q fashion plate: and the
the goSSjp over the new mode, Dr.. Pisrce'$ Fav-
orlte Prescription Is 3 positive cure for the ills
which sfNlct females and make their lives rliSsg
able. This sovereign panacss can he relied on in
cases Of GiSplacementS and sill functional de-
raDSsmentS IL builds up the poor. hagSard
ami dragged out victim, sind gives her renewed
hope and fresh lease Of life It is the only med
lctne for wonan'S peculiar weaknesses and all
mentS, sold by druggists, under 4 positive guar,
antsa rom the manufacturers, that II VIII give
satisfaction in every case, or money refunGed
Read printed guarantees on bottle wrapper.
\ flock Of Wild SeeSe flying over Waterbury,
S9nn,, rscently, saw one OF the kites which the
Waterbury boys were flying This particular kite
wSS up very high Snd the geese objected 70 it,.
lhey cISled about II two or three times and
t,e9 te0r OF tsSlr number, seemingly delegated
Tor Tue purpose, attacked the Kite and tore i; in
10 ShEsdS, anu then went on their way.
Throat and Lung Diseases.
Or. Hunters new book on the rational t~a,r-
meat and cure Of all lung affections Is nov ready
for distribution. Persons afflicted will r,rSIvt.
free copies on sending their address I, NJ
Hunter, los State street Chicago.
Ten days ago Su East Saginaw wjdawcv sought
mi found y servant through an intelligence
Office. The Strl was good looSins., understood
~er duties, Sud tried IL please SSturtav the vlu.
lover married her. and he is Of the optu,oa thar
he : the hSppieSt man i'll town EuI society in
saginaw Is awtully shocked.
NJ ILL., soothing, and healing is pr, SaSo'S Ca
tarra Remedy.
lie tshauntepec ship railway is not o. b. af-
tested bN the death Of Capt. EadS. lie i'm Shvd
a / the draw lnSS and charts for the worS uOuIh
before nus death. The necessary capital = said
u lie At hard. and all iudeNi. tuat = rcGuj.SG =
IL charter asked Of Congress, which Is looked
for next session.
lSoNS Patent Heel StifrcucrS is the only in
NSuttou that viii make old boots StraI -ht aS new
\ concert hail pianist in Rab,rton. Cane C,i-
o2E, recently, on = wager, pSycd the piano for
twenty tNIr consecutive hours without 'ureakius.
harmony During the time he drank u ! a Z
b. IF tea and smoked an occasional cigar. lie tia,
i>hHd IA good shape with lots Of playing Pawgr
10 spare
NSo'S Remedy for Catarrh is agreeable 10 use
1t Is not liquor or snutf. SOC.
Capt Nathaniel Fish, Of the therokes nation.
is a fine specimen Of the centenarian. he is ap
parently not over 10 years OLD, walks into Tale
Quau from his farm. seven miles away, once or
twIce each week and back again, AMI is in sound
health every way He has recently cut two tEeta.
Mr.. TalmaSe says, that people who go
to heaven will have lots to do there This
let's out the Anarchists
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-08-26
4 Serious Thing

She (nt the race track WAS the
horse hurt George?"
He-"Ies, his leg was broken, and he
had to be shot"
She Tin grert distress Poor thing!
Isn't it terrlble?"
e(soothingIy oh, well, its only a
horse, you know"
She-"I know its only horse. George;
but | bought pool on him"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-08-26
V told this story the other day in Sorosis

A lady told this story the other day in Sorosis
the incident having occurred in her own family
4 small " was requested to look up the wore
anonymous aud use 1t in a sentence He founC
the meaning to be without q name" and there
upon handed the following TO his happy parent
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-08-26
Tho CuteSt TittIa Tbiuos

Cute" he echoed. "Well don't know as the
adjective would have occurred to me i'll just that
connection. But if you mean that they do their
work thoroughly, yet make no fuss about it;
cause no pain or weakness; and, in short, are
everything that pill ought to be, and nothing
| that it ought not, then l agree that Pierce )
| Pleasant Purgative Pellets are about the cutest
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-08-26
Throat and Irrr T;S,ss,s

Tie I1AauntepeC ship railway is not " H. a.
tested nN the death Of Capt. EadS. lie i'm Shrd
4 the drawings and charts for the worS mOnJh
before nus death. The necessary capital IS said
ne chatter asked Of Congress, which Is looked
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-08-26

Mr.. Talmage says, that people who go
to heaven will have lots to do there This
let's out the Anarchists
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-07-06
Frightened the Indians
From the Los Angeles Herald.

From the Los Angeles Herald.
Bank Commissioner Potts, of Los
Angeles, had an amusing experience in
the gold times of California. The
story runs as follows:
In the early days Of the gold excite
ment Mr.. Potts and his partner,
both miners, decided that there was
probably gold at the head waters Of
the San Joaquin. They accordingly
set out and in due time arrived.
They discovered q deep hole in the
bed OF one Of the forks, and they con-
cluded that if there was gold anywhere
in the bed of the streamit was in that
hole. They tried diving to reach the
bottom, but the water was to deep
and they found themselves in g.
dilemma. Mr.. Potts partner be-
thought him of diving suit in San
Francisco that he could procure, and
decision was reached that he go and
bring it. This he did, arriving with it
after time.
Those who have seen a diving suit
are aware of the frightful appearance
of man arrayed IN it. The front of
the headpiece is large circular pane
OF glass that gives the wearer the ap-
pearance of q hideous Cyclops. From
the top of the head runs q rubber
tube for supplying air to the diver,
and there is also rope attached for
hauling him up.
Mr.. Potts partner arrayed himself
in the suit. Lying across the hole was
a fallen tree, and Mr.. Potts and his
partner walked out upon the log, and
the partner slipped into the water and
was instantly out of sight, Mr.. Potts
holding the rope by which TO hold him
up. The agreed signal was a jerk on
the rope.
While Mr.. Potts was thus sitting on
the log and holding the rope he ap-
peared to be fishing with q stout line
for big fish. He was thus engaged
when Chief Kaweah and his squaws
came down from the mountains,
where they have been gathering nuts.
He stopped and thus addressed Mr..
Potts:
"You ketchum fish ?"
"No, not yet" was the reply, "but |
expect q bite pretty soon"
The old chief was evidently much
interested in the scene, and without
more ado ne souatted on the bank
and awaited Developments, his nu-
merous wives following his example.
Pretty soon there came a jerk on
the rope that rippled the surface OF
the water. Kaweah became greatly
excited when he saw Mr.. Potts pulling
heavily on the line, and the old chief
got to his feet and watched the proceed
ure with the deepest interest. Pres
emily the monster Of the deep came TO
the surface, with its hideous Cyclic
pean eye turned in Kaweah's direc-
ton.
"Ughl" shouted the old warrior,
and then he and his harem turned
tail and fled panicstricken over the
plains.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-07-06
Cabinet Meetings.

From an Interview with an ex-Cabinet Officer.
"What Is the process in cabinet
meeting Of beginning the business
Does the President 60 through his
cabinet with a system, or do they just
walk around and have g. confab ?"
mo. President Arthur, when the
time arrived for cabinet conference,
took his seat at the head Of the table.
He would turn to the Secretary OF
State and say: 'Mr. Secretary OF
State, is there anything in your de-
department requiring our attention 20
If the Secretary of State passed he
would cay: Mr.. Secretary of the
Treasury Or 'Mr. Attorney General,
have you something we should attend
to?" In that way he went therounds
calling every man by his official title.
Sometimes the first man asked would
bring up q question that would take
the entire time Of the meeting up. At
other times there would be no ques.
tions in any department requiring at
tention. Often political questions
would take the place of mere official
business. A government is much
more of a political organization than
outsiders believe. The President in
vites to his cabinet those men who
represent their party as we'll as their
country. Of course, the political dis
cussion is in the light Of public bust
ness as we'll -
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-07-06
A Soft Berth.
New York Cor. Boston Gazette.

New York Cor Boston Gazette,
Speaking of heirs, there has q curl
Gus case recently been called to my
attention. I am staying temporari-
ly at Staten Island, and every morn
ing and evening as I walk to and fro
from the boat along what is known as
the Lower Terrace, a. beautiful thor
oughfare looking out upon the bay, J.
pass a family mansion that is among
the most attractive on the island. 1t is
very large, and surrounded by piazzas
and balconies and stands in three
or four acres Of beautifully kept lawns
and garden. The grass is always neat
ly cropped, the walks swept clean of
any stick or dead leaf, pots of garden
plants stand about here and there,
and the place altogether is most invit-
ing; yet the only occupants Of this
house are servants. There are some
halt a dozen Of them who are sent over
from New York in June to stay till
October. There is a gardener and his
assistant, and q housekeeper, cook
and maids. The garden is cultivated
to the highest point, and there are
Conservatives offowers in full bloom;
and yet the proprietor of this beaut-
full place does not visit it more
than once in g. season, If
that often, and then for only
few moments. It belongs to
the estate OF an old bachelor named
Joshua Jones. He is worth untold
wealth, and he lives in one room in
the New York Hotel, where he has
lived for the greater part Of his life.
The house on Staten Island was &C.
cupied by Mr.. Jones' brother and sis
ters, and when they died it came into
his hands. | don't know what MIR.
Jones' religious belief is, but he evil
IDENTIFY expects his dead relatives to
return to earth, for the table in the
dining room Of the Staten Island
House is always laid for five persons,
but whether meals are actually served
there / do not know. The table is set,
however, and groans under the weight
of costly china and heavy silver. At
night the lights are lighted in all the
rooms, and lamps convenient for
reading are placed on tables in the
drawing-room, but none enter except
the servants who light them. In
October the house is closed, and the
servants remove to g. house on Fifth
Avenue and Twenty eighth Street,
where they live in the same style till
it comes time to 60 to Staten Island.
This curious routine is gone through
every year and no one is benefited
except the servants, who would prob
ably be quite rs happy if they lived in
the usual way rather than according
to this curious arrangement.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-07-06
A Woman's Quiet Heroism.
From the TrOV Times.


Many heroic deed passes by I'm.
noticed, and many quiet lives have
elements of courage and fidelity that
honor humanity. Such a life ended
in this city not long ago. A young
woman whose husband had died leav-
ing quite g. number of unpaid debts
behind him, determined that she
would devote her life to the payment
of the obligations. She was left with.
out any means save what the labor
of her hands could give her, but she
obtained work from a collar factory
and assiduously set about the task
before her. Refusing to accept the
canceling of some of the debts, which
was offered her by creditors, she
toiled early and late.
But her health was not strong
enough to bear the burden, and she
gradually sunk into hopeless disease
Almost to the very day OF her death,
however, she cheerfully continued he1
efforts to maintain the honor of her
husband by removing all the claims
which had stood against him. The
brave fidelity of such life shines by
contrast with by far too many deeds
of a. sc fish world.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-07-06

sion-removing the straw as we'll as
grain therefrom-he tried the expert
ment Of returning to portion of the
land the straw made thereon the pre-
vious year. Acc ordingly ne chose ten
plots Of land OF equal size, all of which
had received the same manuring wear
after year for the twenty -FOUR years.
To five OF these plots he returned the
straw annually after it had been re-
moved, while to the other five plots
the straw was not returned. To the
first five plots the straw, as returned,
was merely run through cutting box,
spread evenly upon the land. plowed
under and sown in wheat; the other
five plots, as said before, having no
straw returned to them. The results
showed but trifle difference In the
yield, ii anything, it being in favor
of the plots to which no straw had
been returned. The experiment was
continued for several years, with no
perceptible difference in the yield. the
plots all being MANFRED as near as
possible alike.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-07-06

trees. There is always more injury
than can be seen. The trees are
always more Or less bruised or
mangled, resulting in decay, or they
are started loose and set back in
growth. These IN uries may be seen,
but the breaking and barking of roots,
and the wholesale destruction of the
rootlets is unseen murder. Some argue
that trees will bear better by having
the roots reduced in number, but that
is, at best, only q temporary benefit.
1t checks the growth to reduce the
feeding capacity of the tree, and this
tends to produce or bring forward the
fruit spurs; but it is better to wait
little longer and nave a healthy tree
and q longer area for fruit develop
ment. The destruction Of fruit trees
by cultivatipg the land is enormous.
Whole orchards are swept away in a
few years, and the best Of them are
made short-lived.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-07-06
FARM AND HOME.



Said old Mrs. Brown in a troubled way:
There's something gone wrong with the hens;
No sign of an egg will one of them lay,
| think must shut them in pens.
Instead OF a cackle they all try to crow,
But somehow other they don't make it go:
The reason of hens is beyond me, know
But it puzzles me all the same.
''5ome hens do their best, I'll honestly say,
And scratch for their broods of DID,
They don't want mission, are not built that
But keep busy in scratching up mold
Those fowls who roll up their eyes and complain,
Who declare it's too bad and a horrible
shame
That God did not give them masculine brain
Such hens make me tired, you must know,
"Can it be the Creator has made mistake,
And mixed up His dish the wrong way,
Like seconu-rate housekeeper spelling the
cake,
And then have to throw it away?
Well WELL there are muddles that 10 one can set
Thoughts sting us sometimes, as well as the
nettle;
But about those same hens. I'm up on my met
tie
can manage hen should say"
The hens stuck their noses through bars;
She wiped the sweat from her brow and sat
down,
Looking smilingly UP at the stars.
Those absolute hens kept Growing all day,
And these were the words they struggled to
say:
sMen are weak creatures and this is the way
They treat us because we must crow"
Mrs Brown in disgust told the hens to go free,
''I'm sick of your tiresome song;
You'll all come to grief anybody can see,
Hens should stay where they really belong"
The roosters in council said: :sHens must all go,
The divine right is ours to legally crow,
These bddies are out of there sphere, you know,
We must send them all home again.
-IMrs. Brown in Kansas City TimesI
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-07-06
MOMinC in PaSturRS.

1t is rare that pasture is so close
ly fed that some patches of tall rank
grass will not be left uneaten. The
growth stops when seed stalks appear,
but even before that this grass should
be mown down that the tender growth
may start up again. This rank grass
is often the product OF the droppings
OF some animal in pasture the previous
year; but whatever it's cause it is evil
dence that the soil is richer than that
surrounding it, though perhaps max
ing the heritage it grows offensive from
the recent manuring. If cut down
once these patches will thereafter be
eaten more closely than the remain
der Of the field. There is on too many
farms another reason why the scythe
or mower should be freely used in
pasture, and that is to destroy the
weeds that stock will not eat, or at
least to prevent the weeds from going
to seed
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-07-06
Realistic Acting.
cooks.

Droll tales of the effect of narrowing
plays on unsophisticated auditors are
familiar enough, says Harold Freder-
lex in cable letter to the n. Y.
Times, but examples are rare. At
Manchester on Thursday night a
middle-aged warehouseman named
Vaudeville became so excited at the
temporary triumph OF the villain
over the heroine, whose name was
also Vaudeville, that he leaped from
the gallery to the stage, distance of
some 80 feet, and broke his thigh.
The badly bruised man was sane
enough and honestly desired to assist
in fOillng the Villains schemes.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-07-06
What 1T Takes to Feed 5000.
From the Baltimore Sun.

Some idea of the quantity of food
required to give lunch to the 5000 or
1000 Masons at the various halls
may be had from the principal items.
which were: Three hundred tongues,
500 pounds of rost beef, 200 pounds
of spiced beef, 1000 crabs, 1000
pounds of ham, 1000 sandwiches,
10000 rolls, 200 gallons of coffee, 100
gallons of milk, 500 gallons of ice
cream. 200 pounds of cake, and TO-
900 cigars. The lunch was served in
the Academy of Music, Fifth Regiment
Armory, Biddle Street,,Rink, Lehman's
Hall and Masonic Temple. James A.
Harris, colored, the caterer, was as
sisted by $50 walters and twenty
cooks
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-07-06
GRIEVE NO MORE.
BY IL. C. z.

Grieve no more, thou heart of mine,
Thou hast throbbed with pain enough
Cleanse myself; become divine;
Rise above the worlds rebuilt.
Thy compassion cannot die
Since thou hast seen SO much OF wrong,
Thou must meet love in the sky
Since thou hast grieyed on earth so long
Danish from thy thought each Ill
That thy anguish has required;
Toucu the clouds! and drink thy NIL
Ofnecta- fancy, heaven inspired
If thou has yet more tears to shed
Ere thou canst rise up Alright,
Weave a rainbow for the head
of some sad mortal, filled with light
Grieve no more, thou heart of mine,
Thou hast died; tbs time to live;
Bind he book OF ''AuId Lang Syne,
Seek the universe, ana live.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-07-06

He was prosperous merchant and
sometimes visited his old nurse, who
one day expressed her surprise that
he did not marry. swell, you see,
Sarah," said he, "since my brother
Toms return from the far West, the
girls won't look at me-" "Ah never
mind, Master Dick" replied the com
forting old soul, "some of 'em prefer
the ugly ones."- Puck.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-07-06

MRS. WALDO (of Boston)-I have
a letter from your Uncle James, Pene-
lope, who wants us to spend the sum-
mer on his farm. Penelope dubious
ly)-Is there any society in the neigh
borhood? Mrs. Waldo-I've heard
him speak of the Holsteins and Guern-
seys. / presume they are pleasant
people.-TNew York Sun.